#Epidemiologists

James Todaro, MD

JamesTodaroMD

1/ There is growing evidence that T-cell immunity allows populations to reach herd immunity once only 10-20% are infected with SARS-CoV-2.This would explain why a highly transmissible virus in densely

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) Worldometers reports 172,055 deaths. The NYT reports 56,700 additional "overcount" deaths it frames as COVID-19-related—but its count ended 8/1, and had only partial data from 21 states. The estimated

Soumya

skarlamangla

So Gov. Newsom announced that the stay-at-home orders are being lifted. I talked to a bunch of epidemiologists to see what they were thinking about the news. Just like the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

MINKS INFECT HUMANS. We know that for certain. Danish scientist say new #SARSCoV2 mutation mostly dodges our neutralizing antibodies, which is very bad. We should not yet panic, but the

✈ Stephen

flying_steve

Another hit piece in the @globeandmail this time by @RitaTrichur, who must have been unable to come up with something important to write about so she decided to go for

Tech Insider

techinsider

On #Debunked, we break down common myths surrounding topics ranging from diets to taking care of your pet. First up, we have two nutritionists debunking some of the most common

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

This is not correct. Not only was it imaginable... it was widely predicted in March that COVID would be a highly persistent problem.1. An expert panel in March predicted ~200K

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

So @ronklain is a very good choice here, particularly right now, and I want to say a word on whyhttps://twitter.com/transition46/status/1326692666827034625?s=21 In 2014, the Obama administration made Klain "Ebola czar," and

Harry Stevens

Harry_Stevens

Curious about how herd immunity works? Want to know how far we are from getting there? My latest #coronavirus story in the @washingtonpost is for you.'A vaccine, or millions of

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

Reading this article (in which I'm quoted near the end), I realized why I have such a strong visceral reaction to some of the negative coverage of @ProfEmilyOster's work on

el gato malo

boriquagato

many have said things like "we should have done what japan did" or "singapore epidemiologists got it right" but i find this unpersuasive.the whole pacific rim had basically no covid

Kay Steiger

kaysteiger

I know it sounds naive in retrospect but the thing that genuinely surprised me the most about 2020 was how we didn’t prioritize the reopening of schools. At all. Okay

The Salt Lake Tribune

sltrib

EXCLUSIVE: Budget managers involved in Utah’s initial COVID-19 response were skeptical of the value of medical expertise and attempted to resist or subvert their expertise, @sltrib reports.https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/01/03/e

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

As many have noted, there has been an uptick in confirmed #COVID19 cases in multiple states starting roughly at the beginning of June. There is a major question surrounding how

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

I am actually writing about the reasons Black people are skeptical about vaccines, but can we just not spread the words of people who don't know what the hell vaccine

Jennifer

EstrogenTrip

Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neurosciencehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12152-011-9134-4#citeas Evidence has long suggested that ‘hardwiring’ is a poor metaphor for brain development. Themetaphor pushes

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